One-Parent Families in Contemporary Cambodia

Bibliographic Data

ID11220122
AuthorsPatrick Heuveline (0000-0001-9503-901X, California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA, corresponding author), Savet Hong (California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA)
Year2016
Volume52
Issue1-2
Pages216-242
Publication date2016-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMarriage & Family Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01494929.2015.1076553
PMID27695147
OpenAlexW2213182414
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited53

Non-marital births and divorce remain rare in Cambodia. Due to dramatic levels of adult mortality reached during the late 1970s, growing up with a single parent is not. Using nationally representative, cross-sectional data, we estimate that about 12% of children under age 18 co-reside with only one of their biological parents. Using longitudinal data representative of the Mekong River Valley, we find this proportion to be declining. Nearly half of these children live in nuclear families (single parent with or without a step-parent), even though they live in multigenerational families more frequently than children who live with both their parents, especially, when young and not living with their mother. Last, we consider differences in socioeconomic conditions and child educational outcomes by number of co-residing parents

Biology · Developmental psychology · Geography · Longitudinal data · Marital status · Mekong river · Nuclear family · Population · Single parent · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology